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English [remark] (word type; nr of lesson)


la okra (noun)

labari, labaro [baru, kabaru](H): news, information, story, history (noun; 13)
labari si: [baru si] (H): suddenly, without warning (adverb; 18p)

labtanda one variety of squash [genus Cucurbita] (noun; 8p)

laabu, laabo [ganda] {labu, labo} land, country, area; soil, earth, mud, banco (noun; 5p)

lakkal intelligence, wisdom [see da lakkal] (noun; 18);
lakkal ga according to intelligence, wisdom (adverb;> 18p)

laala to be evil (verb;17)
laala, laala
evil, badness (noun; 17p)
laala, laalo bad, evil, fallen (adjective; 17p)

laalandi {laalendi} to make bad, to make evil (verb)

laali to curse, to put a curse on (verb; 17p)

lamba to touch, to lay one's hand (upon); to be next; to hide, to lurk (in darkness), to conceal or camouflage oneself  (verb; 26p); number, numeral; image, sign, marker (noun); examples:
ni ma lamba ay koŋŋey gaa ~ stay here next to my maidens
ma si lamba i gaa ~ do not touch them

lemu, lemo lime; orange [fruit of Citrus aurantifolia,
F = "limon"] (noun; 8p)

lemu beri, lemu bero orange [fruit of Citrus sinensis; literally big "limon"] (noun; 8p)

lemu kayniyo, lemu kayna lemon [fruit of Citrus limon; literally small ‘limon’] (noun; 8p)

lettr, lettro (F): letter (noun)

litre, litro (F): litre (noun; 13)

lokol school (noun; 7)

lokolize, lokolizo pupil, student, apprentice (noun; 6)

lokotoro, lokotora (male) nurse; doctor (noun; 19p)
lokotoro beri; doctor, physician (noun)
lokotoro kwaara: (outpatients') clinic, health centre (noun)
lokotoro kwaara gaayan: hospitalisation (noun)
lokotoro kwaara moto: ambulance (noun)

lokotorotaray medicine, medical science (noun)

londi, londo bone marrow; by extension: brain (noun; 10, 20p)
boŋlondi, boŋlondo brain (noun)

lordi (F): to order, to command [high tone] [corrupted French from l'ordre] (verb; 10p);
lordi, lordo commandment, order [tone from high to low]
(noun; 10p)

loulou freshwater snail [animal] (noun; 5 list)

luttu to be stopped up, to be stuffed up - a nina ga luttu: his nose is stuffed up; to be deaf [low tone] (verb; 16p);
luttu, lutto deaf person [not necessarily mute] [low tone]
(noun; 16p)




last updates: 20 maart 2012